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January 18, 1995

MEDIA ADVISORYChange in Date for February Symposium at the Library of Congress

The date for the Decade of the Brain symposium on
"plasticity" previously scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 8, has been
changed to Tuesday, Feb. 7. The location of the event has also
been changed to the Great Hall in the Library's Jefferson
Building, 10 First Street SE. The time is from 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.

The title of the symposium is "The Adaptable Brain," and
experts in the field will discuss the capacity of the brain to
make up for deficits at either early or late stages of
development by substituting alternative circuits. Featured
speakers are: Michael Merzenich, Department of Otolaryngology
and Physiology, and Roger A. Nicoll, Department of Pharmacology,
both from the University of California at San Francisco; Richard
Tsien, George D. Smith Professor, Department of Molecular and
Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine; and
Anthony Damasio, Van Allen Professor and Head, Department of
Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine.

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at (202) 707-3302.